Display device



Dec. 16, 1930. J. WOZNIAK ETAL 1,785,105

DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Jan. 14, 1929 I0 I s n v 7a o I I8 I f1 .1- 19/ 8 9//5 Patented Dec. 16, 19:30

UNITED STATES JOSEPH WOZNIAK AND ERNEST G. IBREMFORZDEB, 013 DETROIT,MICHIGAN DISPLAY nnvion Application filed January 14, 1929. Serial No.332,318.

This invention relates to a display device in the form of a containerwith transparent walls, particularly intended to contain suchcommodities as potato chips or other loose material, which may bewithdrawn therefrom and sold in bags or other packages.

The general object of the invention is to provide a device of thisnature, in which the commodities may be displayed in an. effectivemanner and which is conveniently arranged to facilitate the removal andsale of a portion of its contents in small packages and in the mosteconomical manner.

The specific construction of the invention, together with the advantagesresulting therefrom, will be more particularly explained in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a rear elevation ofthe invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

The container to which the invention relates comprises a rear wall 5 anda bottom 6, to which corner strips 7 are suitably secured. These partsmay conveniently be made from sheet metal and the corner strips areformed to receive front and side walls 8, which are preferably made ofsheet glass. The container also has a removable top 9, to which may besecured an upstanding panel 10 adapted to bear a suitable inscriptionrelating to the contents of the container. A pocket 11, which may be ofskeleton formation, is secured to the rear wall 5 for containing paperbags in which the contents of the container is put up for sale.

The rear wall 5 terminates some distance above the bottom 6 to providean outlet from which-the contents of the container may be removed forsale. The lower end of the wall 5 is also formed with an inwardly anddown wardly inclined baffle 12 which retards the movement of thecontents and prevents it from piling up at the outlet.

The bottom 6 is extended rearwardly as shown at 13 and the edges of thisextended portion are connected to the side walls by triangular strips 14to form a spout from which the potato chips or other commodity may bescooped.

The bottom is formed with upturned flanges, which extend rearwardlybeyond the sides 1 1, as shown at 15, these extended portions 15 beingconnected by a rod16 constituting a pivot for a door 17. This door, whenclosed, rests at its upper edge against a strip 18 extending across theupper edge of the opening and the side edges of the door are formed withflanges 19 which overlie 5 the edges of the strips 14. The free edge ofthe door may be turned outwardly as at 20 to constitute a handle. Thedoor is also formed with knobs 21, which, when the door is opened,engage the outer portion of the 5,

extension 13, thus limiting the position of the door to a horizontalplane which is substantially a continuation of the plane of the bottom6. When the door is thus opened, therefore, it constitutes a shelf onwhich a paperbag may rest while itis being filled.

While we have shown and described in considerable detail the presentpreferred embodiment of the invention, it is, of course, apparent thatthe same may be considerably modified without departing materially fromthe essential features thereof, as defined in the claim.

What we claim is:

A display receptacle, comprising upright walls, a top and a bottom, oneof said upright walls terminating at a distance above the bottom toprovide an outlet, the bottom being extended outwardly beyond the planeof said last mentioned wall, the two sides adjacent said outlet havingtriangular extensions joining the bottom extension to constitute a spoutsubstantially co-extensive in width with the receptacle; the bottomextension being provided with marginal side flanges overlapping thelower edges of the side walls and of the triangular extensions andextending outwardly beyond the latter, a hinge rod connecting theextending portions of said flanges, and a door hinged on said rod andadapted to close against the upper edges of said triangular extensions,the bottom being extended outwardly far enough to provide an abutment tolimit the opening of the door to a horizontal position.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names to thisspecification.

JOSEPH WVOZNIAK. ERNEST G. BREMFORDER.

